Zoom and gloom! Britons working from home are suffering from epidemic of video-call fatigue

Zoom and gloom! Britons working from home are suffering from epidemic of video-call fatigue, survey finds The study suggests that video calls require more focus than a face-to-face chat  Researchers from London South Bank University found that workers who made many video calls during work hours, had low energy levels at the end of the … Read more

Four firms offer $26 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits over opioid epidemic

Johnson & Johnson and three distributors of opioids offer to pay $26 BILLION in landmark settlement of thousands of lawsuits over addictive painkillers and overdose deaths  People involved  in the negotiations told the New York Times and Reuters the firms are close to closing a deal to end some 3,200 lawsuits  Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, … Read more

Plague: illness spread FOUR TIMES faster during London’s 1665 epidemic than during the 1348 outbreak

The Great Plague of 1665–6 saw disease spread some four times faster in London than it did at the peak of the Black Death in 1348, a study has concluded. Experts from Canada analysed thousands of pages of historical records and personal documents to determine the plague picked up speed over the centuries. The Black … Read more

Human natural selection adding to ‘nearsightedness epidemic’

Natural selection among humans is adding to the ‘epidemic’ of nearsightedness, with each successive generation in the UK gaining more than 100,000 extra cases. It is estimated that around half of the world’s population — some 4.9 billion people — will suffer from the distant visual impairment by the middle of the century. Much of … Read more

Human natural selection is adding to ‘an epidemic of nearsightedness’, researchers say

Natural selection among humans is adding to the ‘epidemic’ of nearsightedness, with each successive generation in the UK gaining more than 100,000 extra cases. It is estimated that around half of the world’s population — some 4.9 billion people — will suffer from the distant visual impairment by the middle of the century. Much of … Read more

This is NOT a second wave: Mini Covid-19 outbreaks in the UK are just ‘ripples’ from first epidemic

Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist at King’s College London, said the UK’s mini coronavirus outbreaks are ‘ripples’ caused by a failure to completely flatten the first epidemic The UK’s mini coronavirus outbreaks are just ‘ripples’ caused by the failure to completely flatten the first epidemic and not proof of a second wave, according to a … Read more

How Zoom calls with GPs are helping to end the epidemic of wounds that never heal

It is a hidden epidemic that has hit more than two million Britons and left them struggling through each day with debilitating pain. Chronic wounds – ulcers and cuts, usually on the legs and feet, that fail to heal – cost the NHS £5 billion every year. And they are far from a minor affliction, often … Read more

Brooklyn tells public NOT to call 911 to report epidemic of illegal firework displays

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams urged residents not to call 911 to report the plague of illegal fireworks that have overwhelmed NYC because some view them as a form of nonviolent protest. Adams urged neighbors to ‘go talk to young people or the people on your block who are using fireworks’ and warn them of … Read more

Prince William and Kate Middleton will ‘take a leaf from Diana during AIDS epidemic’ post-lockdown

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are likely to ‘take a leaf from Diana’ in the way they return to public duties from lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, a royal expert has claimed. Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 38, are continuing to operate behind closed doors, conducting virtual engagements via video call, while homeschooling … Read more

Drug firm owners pocket £33m on back of coronavirus epidemic

Drug firm owners pocket £33m on back of coronavirus epidemic By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 16 May 2020 The billionaire family behind Hikma Pharmaceuticals has cashed in £33 million of shares in the FTSE100 drugs giant after its stock was boosted by the … Read more